Russia formally charges US reporter

MOSCOW, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Moscow has formally charged US journalist Evan Gershkovich with espionage, Russian news agencies reported Friday, accusations rejected both by the reporter and his employer. The charges against Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich are the first of their kind in Russia since the fall of…

Hundreds of thousands without power in Canada after ice storm

MONTREAL, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of thousands of homes in eastern Canada remained without power, days after an ice storm killed three people and caused widespread property damage, particularly in Montreal. About 460,000 homes in Quebec were in the dark, down from 1.1 million at the height of the…

‘Terrorist’ attacks kill 44 in Burkina Faso: governor

  OUAGADOUGOU, April  9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Forty-four civilians have been killed by “armed terrorist groups” in two villages in northeastern Burkina Faso, near the Niger border, a regional governor said.   The provisional toll of “this despicable and barbaric attack” which targeted the villages of Kourakou and Tondobi in northeast Burkina Faso overnight Thursday “is 44…

Mozambique battles cholera in record cyclone’s aftermath

QUELIMANE (Mozambique), April 6 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — Cyclone Freddy killed hundreds of people in February and March as it pummeled Madagascar, Malawi, and Mozambique. While the long-running storm’s victims were mostly in Malawi, floodwaters in Mozambique have created a fresh threat there from cholera. Cases have nearly doubled in one week…

Argentina: Minister Massa discusses trade with group of US Senators

BUENOS AIRES, April 6 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentina’s Economy Minister Sergio Massa met in Buenos Aires with a group of US Senators to discuss economic and political cooperation in order to face the challenges posed by the new global reality. Massa and his visitors highlighted the achievements in bilateral ties after…

Brazilian Navy physician becomes first black female admiral

BRASILIA, April 6 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazilian Navy Physician Maria Cecília Barbosa da Silva Conceição made history Tuesday when she became the first black woman to be promoted to the rank of admiral. Her promotion was approved in February and her appointment was confirmed last week. She took part in Tuesday’s…

Cuba to receive Canada and Paraguay´s medical supply donations

HAVANA, April 6 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Medical supplies – worth .3 million – for preserving vaccines in Cuba make up a donation to Cuba’s health system arriving from CANADA.     Over 300 specialized fridges for storing and preserving vaccines, thermos flasks for vaccine transfer, temperature monitors, freezers and freezing indicators, among…

Over 3,000 irregular migrants sent back to Cuba in 2023

HAVANA, April 6 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Around 3,045 irregular migrants have been deported to Cuba from several regional nations in 2023, as informed by Cuba´s Interior Ministry (MININT).     According to MININT, the US Coast Guard conducted on Tuesday the 32nd operation after returning 47 Cuban boatlifters, including 36 men, seven…

Storm knocks out power to more than a million Canadians

MONTREAL, April 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than a million Canadians were without electricity on Thursday as an ice storm lashed the east of the country, knocking over trees and damaging power lines, a utilities provider said. The environment ministry issued a freezing rain warning for Quebec province, with authorities warning…

Kingdom of Morocco condemn Israel forces incursion into the Al Aqsa Mosque

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates RABAT, April 6 (NNN-KBC) — The Royal Kingdom of Morocco has come out strongly to condemn the incursion of Israeli forces into the Al Aqsa Mosque as well as the aggression against and terror on worshippers in the holy month of…